After the grandmaster banquet ended, Lu Hao did not busy himself with anything else. The first group of selected Rank Six martial artists had returned. He set up a Mental Barrier in the Martial Arts Training Room, tossed in a set of Golden Bones from a Vital Blood Absolute Peak, and left them to it. Meanwhile, Qin Fengqing, Wang Jinyang, and Fang Ping began absorbing the sole set of mental-power Golden Bones. All three had already sealed one gate and would probably finish sealing a second before the Southern Heaven Earth Cave opened, giving their strength a considerable boost.
In Lu Hao's estimation, Fang Ping and Wang Jinyang would probably be able to manifest their mental power through its feedback as they sealed their second gates. That would give them a substantial increase in combat strength; calling them invincible at Rank Six would not be far off. Qin Fengqing lagged a little behind, though. After all, he had neither Fang Ping's cheat nor the legacy of Wang Jinyang's previous life.
But Qin Fengqing had a quality others lacked: he could swallow his pride to become stronger. After learning what Wang Jinyang and Fang Ping planned to do, he naturally refused to fall behind and came begging to Lu Hao. He offered to work for Lu Hao for a hundred years in exchange for natural treasures that could boost his mental power. Pestered beyond endurance, Lu Hao agreed. He found a stalk of moon nether grass and two Spirit-Nurturing Fruits among Magic Martial University's remaining resources and handed them to Qin Fengqing. In return, he received a contract binding Qin Fengqing to a hundred years of service. Qin Fengqing was immensely grateful. After all, both of them knew the contract was only a joke. Lu Hao had given him the resources